White paper

E15i, E15a
X8
March 2011
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Sixth released version (March 2011)
Publication number: 1239-9597
Purpose of this document
Sony Ericsson product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in
relevant areas of technology.
Document history
Sony Ericsson Developer World
For the latest Sony Ericsson technical documentation and development tools, go to
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
Version
June 2010 First released version Version 1
July 2010 Second released version Revision 1
September 2010 Third released version Revision 2
November 2010 Fourth released version Revision 3
March 2011 Fifth released version Revision 4
March 2011 Sixth released version Revision 5
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Table of contents
Product overview ........................................................................................................4
Xperia X8 Jump into infinite entertainment .....................................................4
Facts dimensions, weight, performance and networks ......................................5
Application overview list ........................................................................................7
Full feature list .......................................................................................................8
1. Signature features...........................................................................................8
2. Categorised features ......................................................................................9
Technologies in detail ...............................................................................................11
Device-to-device communications (local) ...........................................................11
Bluetooth wireless technology ......................................................................11
Wi-Fi..............................................................................................................12
Messaging ...........................................................................................................13
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)..............................................................13
Email .................................................................................................................13
Positioning location based services .................................................................14
Multimedia ...........................................................................................................15
Audio & Video....................................................................................................15
Synchronisation (OMA DS) ..................................................................................16
Web browser .......................................................................................................16
Trademarks and acknowledgements ..................................................................17
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Product overview
Xperia X8 Jump into infinite entertainment
View the viral over a sports drink. Chat to your chums with your thumbs. Xperia X8 is Infinite
entertainment. Always open. Always new. Get what you like. From any of the four corners you like in your
home screen. Facebook* with your forefinger. Videos by your little finger. Your favourite apps and
bookmarks at hand. One hand actually. Thats all you need.
Its show time
What makes you smile? Sharing moments with mates? 80s rap videos? Disco divas? Or football
fantasies? Get the best experience from a phone. More superstars. More one-hit wonders. More games.
More gossip. From YouTube and the PlayNow service*.
Timescape application. Life as it happens
Timescape brings you all the fun as it happens or you make it happen. From friends, tweets,
messages. All up to date. All in time order. Instant news is good news, isnt it?
Whats on today?
Download widgets you want and apps for everything. From Android Market. Enjoy mood music through
the 3.5 mm headphone jack. Blockbuster movies on the 3 inch screen. Or simply enjoy life.
* This service is not available in all markets.
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Facts dimensions, weight, performance and
networks
Operating system Google Android 2.1 (Eclair)
Processor 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227
Size 99 x 54 x 15 mm
Weight 104 grams
Available colours Aqua Blue/White
Dark Blue/White
Pink/White
Silver/White
White
Main screen
Resolution 320x480 pixels (HVGA)
Size (diagonal) 3.0 inches
Scratch-resistant Yes (Front with minimum pencil hardness 6H.)
Input mechanisms
Touch screen Capacitive (single touch)
Text input Quick text, Onscreen QWERTY keyboard
Memory
Phone memory Up to 128 MB
Memory card support microSD, up to 32 GB
Memory card included 2 GB
Camera
Camera resolution 3.2 megapixel
Video recording Yes, MPEG4 (VGA)
Sensors
Accelerometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Networks
E15i UMTS HSPA 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
E15a UMTS HSPA 850 (Band V), 1900 (Band II), 2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
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* According to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique.
** Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configuration, and phone usage.
Data transfer speeds
GSM GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps
GSM EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps
UMTS HSPA cat 5 (upload) Up to 2.0 Mbps (uplink, Cat 5)
UMTS HSPA cat 8 (download) Up to 7.3 Mbps (downlink, Cat 8)
Talk time (GSM) Up to 4 hours 45 min *
Standby time (GSM) Up to 446 hours *
Talk time (UMTS) Up to 5 hours 40 min *
Standby time (UMTS) Up to 476 hours *
Music listening time Up to 23 hours 40 min **
Video playback time Up to 9 hours 20 min **
Battery 1200 mAh
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Application overview list
Sony Ericsson signature applications
Sony Ericsson Timescape
Sony Ericsson Home application
Sony Ericsson Music player
Sony Ericsson Album application
Sony Ericsson services
PlayNow service **
TrackID application
Sony Ericsson Sync
FOTA Update Service (Firmware Over The Air)
Other applications
Facebook **
Wisepilot turn-by-turn navigation (free trial version) **
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support with Dataviz RoadSync
* Applications in the Android Market vary widely in size, from less than 100 KB for small utilities to 3-4
MB for full games, music player applications, or other major offerings. The average file size, based on a
representative selection of useful and fun applications, is about 1 MB. This mean that on average, more
than 100 applications can be downloaded and used without any problems. You can use the Android Mar-
ket application in the phone to delete and later reinstall infrequently used applications.
** The service is not available in all markets.
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Full feature list
1. Signature features
Sony Ericsson Timescape
The place to meet your friends
The Timescape application manages all your communication with one person in one place. Browse
through your conversations the bright way to check out your Facebook*, tweets and texts. Now theyre
all kept together so you don't have to open loads of different applications to see what's going on.
Infinite button
Everything you want from everywhere
Find out all about your friends in a flash. Press the infinite button in the phone book and smart filter every-
thing thats going on with each person. In the Sony Ericsson Music player, the infinite button lets you
explore more information about your favourite celebrities and artists.
Sony Ericsson Sync
Make your mobile life available on the web
Synchronise your phone data with Sony Ericsson Sync. Match your phone contacts with your
contacts on Facebook*. All your synchronised phone data is right at your fingertips in your account on
www.sonyericsson.com.
Sony Ericsson Home
Your home screen just like home
Wheres best for you? Email top right? Music player bottom left? You decide. Put your favourites in
thumbs reach. Use the unique touchscreen interface to drag n drop the icons into the corners of your
home screen. Messages. Calls. Web. Music. YouTube. Your favourite apps from Android Market or
the PlayNow service*. What you want, where you want.
*The service is not available in all markets.
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2. Categorised features
* Applications in the Android Market vary widely in size, from less than 100 KB for small utilities to 3-4
MB for full games, music player applications, or other major offerings. The average file size, based on a
representative selection of useful and fun applications, is about 1 MB. This mean that on average, more
than 100 applications can be downloaded and used without any problems. You can use the Android
Market application in the phone to delete and later reinstall infrequently used applications.
** The service is not available in all markets.
Camera
3.2 megapixel camera
Send to web
Video recording
Music
Album art
Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow service *
Sony Ericsson Music Player
TrackID music recognition
application
Internet
Android Market *
Bookmarks
Google search *
Google Voice Search **
Pan & zoom
Web browser (WebKit)
Communication
Call list
Conference calls
Facebook application
Google Talk
Polyphonic ringtones
Sony Ericsson Timescape
Speakerphone
Twitter (Timescape integra-
tion)
Vibrating alert
Messaging
Conversations
Email
Google Mail**
Instant messaging
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
Auto rotate
Keyboard (onscreen, QWERTY)
Picture wallpaper
Touchscreen
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* The service is not available in all markets.
Entertainment
3D games
Radio (FM radio with RDS)
Video streaming
Video viewing
YouTube *
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Flight mode
Infinite button
Notes
Phone book
Stopwatch
Timer
Connectivity
3.5 mm audio jack (AVP)
aGPS
Bluetooth technology
Google Latitude*
Google Maps with Street View*
Synchronisation: Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync via
RoadSync client
Synchronisation via Facebook
Synchronisation via Google
Sync
Synchronisation via Sony Erics-
son Sync
USB support
Wi-Fi
Wisepilot turn-by-turn naviga-
tion*
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Technologies in detail
NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications
may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Ericsson Developer World
or your Sony Ericsson contact person where applicable.
Device-to-device communications (local)
Bluetooth wireless technology
More information:
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
www.bluetooth.com
Bluetooth profiles supported Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
ANT+
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile
Generic Access Profile
Handsfree Profile
Headset Profile
Core version and supported
core features
v2.0+EDR
Connectable devices All products supporting at least Bluetooth spec. 1.2 and
at least one of the profiles above
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Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed
Internet and network connections. Wi-Fi hotspots exist in an increasing number of locations, for example,
airports, hotels, cafs and bistros. Mobile phones that support Wi-Fi can facilitate high data transfer rates
and lower calling costs.
Supported standards Wi-Fi certified. When applicable, 802.11g is prioritized
over 802.11b.
Connectable devices Wi-Fi access points
Frequency band 2.4 GHz
Data transmission rate 54 Mbps
Security Open
Open WEP
Shared WEP
WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal
Encryption TKIP and AES
Power save UAPSD
QoS, WMM
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Messaging
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
MMS 1.0 is supported.
Email
More information:
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
www.openmobilealliance.org
Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS
Character sets USASCII
UTF-8
UTF-16
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe
ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic
ISO-8859-7 Greek
ISO-8859-9 Turkish
ISO-2022-JP Japanese
Shift_JIS Japanese
BIG5 Traditional Chinese
GB2312 Simplified Chinese
KOI8-R Cyrillic
Windows 1251 Cyrillic
Windows 1252
Windows 1254 Turkish
Windows 1258 Vietnamese
Protocols POP3 and IMAP4
Push email Exchange ActiveSync support with Dataviz
RoadSync
Secure email SSL/TLS (STARTTLS) for POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP
HTML mail Yes (read only)
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Positioning location based services
Supported standards:
OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0
3GPP Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location)
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Multimedia
Audio & Video
Audio Playback Decoder format
Audio decoding MPEG-1/2/2.5,
audio layer 3
AAC, AAC+, eAAC+
AMR-NB
General MIDI (GM)
GML
SP-MIDI
DLS (Mobile DLS supported)
Linear PCM
iMelody
RTTTL/RTX
OTA
Ogg vorbis
Supported in file format
MP3 (.mp3)
3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4, .m4a)
3GPP (.3gp); AMR (.amr)
3GPP (.3gp); AMR (.amr)
SMF (.mid)
SMF (.mid)
SMF (.mid); XMF (.xmf, .mxmf)
XMF (.xmf)
WAV (.wav)
iMelody (.imy)
RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl, .rtx)
OTA (.ota)
Ogg vorbis (.ogg)
Note: All listed audio file formats
are supported ringtone file
formats
Video Playback Decoder format
MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile
H.264 Baseline Profile
H.263 Profile 0
Supported in file format
3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4)
3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4)
3GPP (.3gp)
Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP according to 3GPP
Video encoding Encoder format
MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile
AMR-NB
Supported in file format
MP4 (.mp4)
Audio encoding Encoder format
AMR-NB
Supported in file format
AMR-NB (.amr)
DRM DRM (Digital Rights Manage-
ment) features the rights and
copy protection of downloaded
content.
OMA DRM 1.0
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Synchronisation (OMA DS)
OMA Data Synchronisation protocol versions 1.1.2 and 1.2.
OMA Data Formats: vCard 2.1, vCalendar 1.0.
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol version 2.5
Related information:
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
Web browser
Related information:
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
Browser version Android 2.1 Browser
(WebKit version AppleWebKit/528.5+)
Navigation/rendering Pan & Zoom*
Landscape/portrait rendering*
Full page PC rendering*
* Adobe Flash is not supported.
Search Internet Search
Browser compliancy HTML version. 4.01
HTML version. 5.0 (Canvas)
XHTML Basic version 1.0
XHTML 1.1
CSS 2.1
ECMA-script 262 3rd edition
HTTPXMLRequest AJAX
DOM 2.0
Protocol compliancy HTTP/1.1
TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0
Gzip
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Trademarks and acknowledgements
The Liquid Identity and Liquid Energy logos, Xperia X8, PlayNow, TrackID, and Timescape are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. MEGA BASS, Memory Stick
Micro, M2, Sony and "make.believe" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.
Ericsson is a trademark or registered trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by
Sony Ericsson is under licence. TrackID is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID. Gracenote and
Gracenote Mobile MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc.
Google, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Talk, Google Calendar, YouTube and Android are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Google, Inc. All other company and product names may be
trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Facebook is a trademark or
registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. Twitter is a trademark or a registered trademark of Twitter, Inc.
Wi-Fi is a trademark or registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. DLNA is a trademark or registered
trademark of the Digital Living Network Alliance. microSD and Transflash are trademarks or registered
trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. XHTML is a registered trademark of the W3C.
Microsoft, Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook, ActiveSync are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Adobe Flash is a trademark or registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States
and/or other countries. 3GPP is a trademark of ETSI. SyncML is a trademark or registered trademark of
Open Mobile Alliance Ltd.
DataViz and RoadSync are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataViz, Inc. Snapdragon is a
registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Wisepilot is a trademark of Appello Systems AB and its
products are the property of Appello Systems AB and are protected against unauthorized use by
trademark laws.
All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.